American State Papers, a proposition for extending the
subscription to a continuation of the work; reso-
lution ordered to be engrossed, and was after-
wards passed, 786.

Calhoun, Mr., his resolutions declaratory of the nature and
powers of the Government, 191, 750; laid on the
table, 785.

Chaplain, the Rev. Mr. Pise appointed, 6.
Commercial statements, a resolution for printing the an-
nual statements of commerce and navigation was
taken up, 6; agreed to, 7; considered and laid
on the table, 10.
Constitutional powers, Mr. Clayton's resolution on the
subject, 231.

Crimes, a bill supplementary to an act for the more effi-
cient punishment of crimes against the United
States, 12.
Cumberland road, a bill for continuing this road from
Vandalia to Jefferson, 51; taken up, 119; re-
sumed, 359, and bill ordered to a third reading;
bill passed, 486.

District Code of Laws, ordered to be printed in the re-
cess of Congress, 786.

Documents in the State Department, a resolution for em-
ploying temporary clerks for copying documents
in relation to the French treaty of indemnity, 79;
taken up, 122; agreed to, 123.
Duties on imports, a bill further to provide for the col-
lection of imposts, 150; taken up, 280, and or-
dered to be engrossed; bill passed, 688.
Endless life, a petition for land from persons who pro-
fessed to have discovered endless life, referred,
98.
Explanation by Mr. Clay, in relation to a misunderstand-
ing between Mr. Poindexter and Mr. Webster,
810.

Force bill. (See Duties.)
Frauds on the revenue, a resolution for inquiring into

the expediency of making further provision for
the protection of the revenue, 11, agreed to;
bill taken up, 244; ordered to be engrossed,
601; passed, 688.

French spoliations, a bill to provide for the satisfaction of
claims due to certain American citizens, 5; re-
ferred; reported with an amendment, 12; a bill
reported and taken up, 98; agreed to, 99.
Government, on the nature and powers of, (see Mr. Cal-
houn's resolution,) 191, 750.

Interest to States, a bill providing for the final settlement
of the claims of States, 6.

Lands, public, notice given by Mr. Clay of his intention
of again bringing forward his bill for disposing
of the public land, 5; bill introduced, 6, and re-
ferred to the Committee on Public Lands; bill
reported with a proposed amendment; taken up,
61; ordered to a third reading, 231; bill passed,
235.

the amendments of the House to the bill were taken
up, 809, and agreed to.

a bill granting a township to Indiana, Illinois, Mis-
souri, and Alabama, a township each, for the pro-
motion of female education, 82; State of Ohio
added; laid on the table.

patents, a bill describing the mode by which land
patents may be signed, 150; bill passed, 150.

VOL. IX.-e

Powers of the Government, three resolutions defining
these powers, 191, 750; laid on the table, 785.
six resolutions offered as substitutes, 192.
President pro tempore balloted for; Mr. White, of Ten-
nessee, elected, 2.

his acknowledgments to the Senate, 3.
President's message received, 3. (See the Appendix for
a copy of it.)

veto on the bill of last session, providing for the

final settlement of the claims of States for inte-
rest on advances to the United States during the
late war, 3; laid on the table, 4.
Presidential election, a day fixed for counting the electo-
ral votes, 359; the votes counted, and Andrew
Jackson was declared to be elected President,
and Martin Van Buren Vice President, 487.
Printer to Congress, the resolution for his election taken
up, 587.
Proclamation, a copy of the President's, in relation to
South Carolina, called for, 99; proposition laid
on the table, 100; agreed to, 104.
Revenue. (See Frauds on, and Duties.)
Secretary of the Treasury called upon for a detailed state-
ment of articles of foreign growth or manu-
facture on which, in his opinion, the duties ought
to be reduced, &c., 8; agreed to, 27.
Senate called to order by the Secretary, 2.
Sheathing copper, a bill to amend the act to amend the
several acts imposing duties on imports, ordered
to be engrossed, 661.

South

Carolina resolutions, in reply to the President's
proclamation, 80.

Spanish claims, a resolution instructing the Committee on
Foreign Relations to inquire into the expediency

of obtaining evidence deposited in the State De-
partment, 38; agreed to.

Special order, a resolution for changing the hour of taking
it up, agreed to, 359.

Standing committees appointed, 4.
Tariff, a resolution introduced calling on the Secretary
of the Treasury to furnish the project of a bill
for reducing the duties on imports, in conformi-
ty with the suggestions in his report, 6.

Tariff, a bill to modify the various acts imposing duties

on imports, 462; the bill reported with amend-
ments, 601; the bill taken up and discussed,
690; laid on the table, 785.

resolutions, offered by Mr. Webster, 483; laid on
the table, 492.

the bill from the House to modify the existing ta-
riff, was received, and both bills were ordered
to lie on the table, 785; the bill from the
House taken up, 786; consideration resumed,
787; bill passed, 809.

Treasurer's annual report of the state of the finances, 3.
Votes of absentees, an unsuccessful motion to permit
their names to be recorded, 688.

Yeas and nays, on considering the resolution for a reduc
tion of duties, 16.

resolution for the reduction of the rates of post-
age, 49.

on amendment to the resolution calling on the
Secretary of the Treasury for a statement of fo-

reign articles on which the duty may be reduc-
ed, 50, 59, 60.

on postponing Mr. Clay's land bill, 81, 122.
on postponing the force bill, 187.

on the land bill, 229, 230, 231, 232, 235.
postponing the revenue collection bill, 246, 404.
striking out the 3d section of the revenue bill, 483.
references of the bill to modify the tariff, 486.
on the passage of the Cumberland road bill, 486.
on amendments to the revenue collection bill, 518,
519, 595, 601.

on a question touching the election of printer, 588.
engrossing the revenue collection bill, 601.
on the passage of do., 688.

on striking out the 2d section of the bill to mo-
dify the tariff, 724.

on adding a 9th section to the bill, 724.

on striking out the 3d and 6th sections of do., 724.
on adding a new section to do., 725.
on the passage of the bill, 809.

force bill, 184.

land bill, 234.

Clay,

resolution for extending the subscription to Ameri-
can State Papers, 786.

Mr., from Kentucky, on the reduction of duty on
foreign goods, 50, 51.

public lands, 67, 81, 112, 122, 233, 235, 237.
French spoliations, 98, 99.

force bill, 174, 178.

on his bill for modifying the tariff, 462, 476, 480,
484, 690, 692, 694, 695, 696, 699, 701, 710,
711, 713, 716, 718, 722, 726, 729, 749, 785,
786, 807.

Clayton, Mr., from Delaware, on the reduction of post-
age, 29, 30.

Mr. Calhoun's resolutions, 237.

revenue collection bill, 378, 518.

bill to modify the tariff, 693, 697, 698, 700, 709,
716, 717, 722, 726, 786, 800, 802.

Dallas, Mr., from Pennsylvania, on the revenue collection

bill, 414.

modifying the tariff, 486, 698, 726, 793.

Dickerson, Mr., from New Jersey, on reduction of duties
on foreign goods, 69.

on modifying the tariff, 478, 484, 692, 693, 694,
713, 720, 745, 749, 785.

Ewing, Mr., from Ohio, on the reduction of postage, 39.
on the land bill, 159.

Foot,

revenue collection bill, 518, 676.

electing public printer, 588.

modifying the tariff, 795.

Mr., from Connecticut, on printing commercial
statements, 10.

on a reduction of postage, 31, 35, 49.

ditto of duties on foreign goods, 51, 60.

Mr. Calhoun's resolutions, 237.

calling for copies of military orders, 409.
modifying the tariff, 480, 708, 717, 718.
revenue collection bill, 517.
electing public printer, 588.

Forsyth, Mr., from Georgia, on copying documents in
State Department, 79, 80, 123.

call for a copy of the South Carolina proclamation,
103.

on the land bill, 232, 233.

Mr. Calhoun's resolutions, 243, 784.

Mr. Calhoun's resolutions, 192, 240, 785.

revenue collection bill, 263, 403, 462, 488, 591,
661.

calling for copies of military orders, 405, 406, 408,
409, 430, 432.

modifying the tariff, 484, 485.
Hendricks, Mr., from Indiana, on reduction of duties on
foreign goods, 60.

Hill, Mr., from New Hampshire, on public lands, 193.
the bill for modifying the tariff, 703.

Holmes, Mr., from Maine, on printing commercial state-

ments, 7, 8, 9.

on a reduction of duties, 15, 19, 51, 52.

a reduction of postage, 30, 36, 49.

Spanish claims, 38.

copying documents in State Department, 80.
revenue collection bill, 348, 367, 413.
modifying the tariff, 474, 479, 483.
electing public printer, 588.

the bill modifying the tariff, 697, 702, 708, 709,
713, 718, 749, 805.

Kane, Mr., from Illinois, on a reduction of postage, 41.
on public lands, 61.

copying documents in State Department, 123.
modifying the tariff, 479, 699, 724.

revenue collection bill, 590.

Mr. Calhoun's resolutions, 237, 240, 774, 785.
revenue collection bill, 404, 405, 409, 412, 413,
461, 518, 553, 590.

modifying the tariff, 478, 693, 709, 722, 723, 726,
727, 801.

Wilkins, Mr., from Pennsylvania, on the force bill, 183,

184.

on Mr. Calhoun's resolutions, 243.

the revenue collection bill, 246, 403, 413,460,461,
488, 590, 592, 687.

calling for copies of military orders, 409.
on modifying the tariff, 693, 694, 713, 720.

Wright, Mr., from New York, on modifying the tariff,
708, 717, 718, 726, 806.

Settlers on public lands.

(See Lands.)

Silk culture, a resolution for procuring copies of the manual on silk, introduced, 1762; agreed to, 1763. Slavery in the District of Columbia, a memorial from Pennsylvania for its abolishment therein, 1584; referred, 1585.

South Carolina convention, a resolution calling on the President for a copy of his proclamation, and of the ordinance of South Carolina, to which it refers, 916; rejected, 917. message from the President, communicating the nullifying ordinance, &c., 1082. resolution requesting the President to communicate what evidence he may have to authorize the belief that the Government and people of South Carolina meditated the taking possession of the forts of the United States, 1763; laid on the table, 1764.

Southern assay offices, a bill to establish assay offices in the gold region, 886; bill laid aside, 890. Standing committees appointed, 821. Surplus revenue, a resolution proposing to distribute the surplus revenue amongst the several States, 1054; the House refused to consider the proposition. Tariff, a report from the Committee of Ways and Means, on reducing and altering certain duties, 926. report of the minority of the committee ordered to be printed, 1902.

a bill to reduce and otherwise alter the duties on imports, reported by the Committee of Ways and Means, 958; tariff bill recommitted to a Committee of the Whole, with instructions to report Mr. Clay's bill from the Senate in its stead, 1772.

sury for a list of articles on which the reduction of six millions of duty may be made, 1089; agreed to, 1273.

memorial and resolutions from Massachusetts on the tariff, 1478; discussed, 1522; motion to reconsider, 1564; motion withdrawn, 1578. Taxation and the tariff, Mr. Burges moved a preamble and resolutions on these subjects, 955; ordered to lie on the table, and be printed, 957. Treasury, Secretary of, his annual report, 820. Tribunal for claims, a resolution for instructing the Judiciary Committee to report on the expediency of establishing such a tribunal, 957; agreed to, 958.

Veto of the harbor bill, 819.

Watervliet arsenal, the proposed appropriation for it, 1764. Wickliffe's, Mr., address to the editors of this work on the decision of the Speaker on a point of order, 1823.

Yeas

and nays, on resolution touching the Chickasaw treaty, 854, 878.

on an amendment to the resolution calling for a list of members appointed to Congress, 910. on the resolution as proposed, 911. on a call for a copy of the President's proclamation, &c., in relation to South Carolina, 917. on considering a proposition to distribute the surplus revenue amongst the several States, 1054.

on a resolution calling for information from the Secretary of the Treasury on the tariff question, 1273.

on questions on the tariff bill, 1664, 1730, 1753, 1754, 1755, 1779, 1810.

on the bill for selling the stock of the United States Bank, 1722.

on the revenue collection bill, 1896, 1897. passage of the land bill, 1920.

report of the Bank committee, 1936.

on appointment of members of Congress, 906, 907. resolutions calling on the Secretary of the Treasury for tariff information, 1690, 1117, 1133, 1175, 1228, 1478, 1527, 1564, 1572, 1577.

on abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia,
1585.

on the tariff bill, 1609, 1616, 1640, 1810, 1817.
on making naval appropriations, 1673.
East Florida claims, 1686.

revenue collection bill, 1818.

the report of the minority of the Committee on Manufactures, 1865.

on ordering the printing of do., 1902. Alexander, Mr., from Virginia, on the Massachusetts resolutions touching the tariff, 1568, 1640.

bill for the relief of the heirs of Matthew Lyon, 1654.

Anderson, Mr., from Maine, on making appropriations for the navy, 1665, 1666.

Angel, Mr., from New York, on Matthew Lyon's fine, 1012.

say offices, 888.

on our relations with Buenos Ayres, 901. the nullifying ordinance, 1083, 1086, 1087. East Florida claims, 1687.

tariff, 1729.

revenue collection bill, 1761.

Arnold, Mr., from Tennessee, on the nullifying ordinance, 1083, 1089.

tariff, 1303, 1696, 1699, 1700.
enforcement bill, 1676.

revenue collection bill, 1757, 1759, 1767, 1811.
the culture of silk, 1762.

Ashley, Mr., from Missouri, on the tariff bill, 1635.
Banks, Mr., from Pennsylvania, on the tariff, 1529.
Barbour, Mr., from Virginia, on District of Columbia af-
fairs, 1815.

Barringer, Mr., from North Carolina, on appointment of members of Congress, 910.

on Matthew Lyon's fine, 1918, 1020, 1022.
on the tariff, 1616, 1637, 1734, 1750.

on the bill for the relief of the heirs of Matthew
Lyon, 1654.

1431, 1453, 1434, 1579, 1580, 1634.

1664, 1762, 1809.